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Taxonomic and phylogenetic utility of variation in advertising calls of francolins and spurfowls (Galliformes: Phasianidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Tshifhiwa G. Mandiwana-Neudani --- Department of Biodiversity, South Africa Rauri C. K. Bowie --- Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa Martine Hausberger --- Université de Rennes 1, France Laurence Henry --- Université de Rennes 1, France Timothy M. Crowe --- Department of Biological Sciences, South AfricaSystematists have not often made use of avian vocalizations to assess the taxonomic rank of birds, or to infer their phylogenetic relationships. The likely reasons for this stem from the perceived inability to distinguish genetic and ecological components of variation... -
Hierarchical analysis of Swainson’s Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii habitat use on Highveld maize and livestock farms
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Johann H van Niekerk --- Department of Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Science, South AfricaThis paper explains habitat use by Swainson’s Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii on maize Zea mays and livestock farms on the Highveld south-east of Johannesburg, South Africa. The purpose is to describe habitat modification methods to manipulate the abundance of Swainson’s Spurfowl... -
Female-only care of Swainson’s Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii chicks frees males for territorial maintenance
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Johann H van Niekerk --- Department of Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Science, South AfricaUniparental care often means that males do not contribute to the wellbeing of their offspring. For this reason, little attention has been given to avian species where the absent male contributes indirectly to the wellbeing of his chicks. This paper... -
Towards understanding habitat use patterns of an endangered galliform subspecies, Pternistis bicalcaratus ayesha: implications for conservation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Saâd Hanane --- Forest Research Center, High Commission for Water, Forests and Desertification Control, Morocco Najib Magri --- Forest Research Center, High Commission for Water, Forests and Desertification Control, MoroccoDetermination of factors affecting habitat selection is a major topic in avian ecology, with strong implications for conservation purposes. Studies dealing with the impacts of ecological factors on breeding spurfowls, especially the Critically Endangered Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus ayesha, are... -
Diurnal activity patterns of Harwood’s Spurfowl Pternistis harwoodi in relation to habitat types and climatic conditions in the Central Highlands of Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Abadi Mehari Abrha --- Department of Animal, Rangeland and Wildlife Sciences, Ethiopia Shimelis Aynalem Zelelew --- Department of Fisheries, Ethiopia Habtu Kiros Nigus --- Department of Statistics, Ethiopia Aschalew Alelign --- Department of Animal, Rangeland and Wildlife Sciences, EthiopiaHarwood’s Spurfowl Pternistis harwoodi is an endemic bird of Ethiopia. Globally, it is categorised as Vulnerable. Habitat loss and hunting are the major conservation threats to the species. This study investigated the activity patterns of Harwood’s Spurfowl in relation to... -
Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of African spurfowls Galliformes, Phasianidae, Phasianinae, Coturnicini: Pternistis spp.
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Tshifhiwa G Mandiwana-Neudani --- Department of Biodiversity, South Africa Robin M Little --- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa Timothy M Crowe --- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa Rauri CK Bowie --- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, Department of Biological Sciences, South AfricaAfro-Asiatic perdicine galliform birds, commonly and inconsistently referred to as francolins, spurfowls and partridges, have contentious taxonomic and phylogenetic histories. In a widely followed monograph, Hall combined two putative monophyletic, but taxonomically unnamed, clades comprising 28 perdicine species known as... -
Age classes of developing Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer based on plumage, morphology and behaviour
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Johann H van Niekerk --- Department of Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, South AfricaThis paper describes the plumage and morphology development of 11 age classes of Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer to assist with field observations. Sixteen spurfowl were marked with coloured leg rings in the Cannon Rocks Holiday Resort, Eastern Cape, South Africa... -
Clarifying taxonomic, distributional and genetic information relating to subspecies of the Hildebrandt’s Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti and the Yellow-necked Spurfowl P. leucoscepus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Timothy M Crowe --- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa Robin M Little --- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa Donald A Turner --- Bird Committee of Nature Kenya, KenyaWe provide suggested errata vis-à-vis Mandiwana-Neudani TG, Little RM, Crowe TM, Bowie RCK. 2019. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of African spurfowls Galliformes, Phasianidae, Phasianinae, Coturnicini: Pternistis spp. Ostrich 90(2): 145–172. Firstly, the name fischeri was incorrectly applied to the southern... -
Reflections concerning spurfowl and francolin species recommendations contained in Mandiwana-Neudani et al. (2019a and 2019b)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Nigel Hunter --- , Kenya Don Turner --- , United Kingdom Nik Borrow --- , United Kingdom Brian Finch --- , Kenya Adam Scott Kennedy --- , United Kingdom Terry Stevenson --- , United Kingdom Neil Baker --- , United Republic of Tanzania Nigel Redman --- , United KingdomRecently, two papers by Mandiwana-Neudani et al. (2019a, 2019b) revisited the taxonomy of all Afrotropical spurfowl and francolins and proposed significant changes at the species level. A careful review of the papers suggests there are key deficiencies and inadequate explanations... -
The importance of adopting an integrative taxonomy framework in species delimitation: Response to Hunter et al. (2021)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Tshifhiwa G Mandiwana-Neudani --- , South Africa Timothy M Crowe --- , South Africa Robin M Little --- , South Africa Rauri CK Bowie --- , South AfricaThe review by Hunter et al. (2021) on the delineation of certain francolin and spurfowl taxa as full species by Mandiwana-Neudani et al. (2019a, 2019b) appears to be largely orientated around their application of the Biological Species Concept (BSC). We...